Machine Learning Job Trends in the North East

Machine Learning (ML)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 71 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 7 18 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.68% 1.94% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 2.18% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile - £37,789 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,037 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +41.13% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £83,750 £54,063
90th Percentile - £100,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £77,000 £72,875
% change year-on-year +3.90% +5.66% +4.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

Machine Learning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 810 827 667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.64% 88.92% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 547 337 572
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,525
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Machine Learning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in the North East

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Machine Learning within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear +1 7 £62,500 -6.77% 43
Machine Learning
England

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure AI
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Spark SQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Data Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Data Scientist
2 2 (28.57%) DataOps Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) EPoS
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) AI
1 4 (57.14%) Data Science
2 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
3 2 (28.57%) DataOps
3 2 (28.57%) LLM
3 2 (28.57%) MLOps
3 2 (28.57%) Predictive Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Prompt Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Statistical Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
3 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft